English noun: firing |
| 1. | firing (act) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy |
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| Samples | Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.
They retreated in the face of withering enemy fire.
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| Synonyms | fire |
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| Broader (hypernym) | attack, onrush, onset, onslaught |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | antiaircraft fire, artillery fire, barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, broadside, burst, call fire, cannon fire, concentrated fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, cover, covering fire, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, fratricide, friendly fire, fusillade, grazing fire, harassing fire, hostile fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, massed fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, salvo, scheduled fire, searching fire, shelling, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire, volley |
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| 2. | firing (act) the act of discharging a gun |
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| Synonyms | discharge, firing off |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shooting, shot |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | gun |
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| 3. | firing (act) the act of setting something on fire |
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| Synonyms | ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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| Broader (hypernym) | burning, combustion |
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| 4. | firing (act) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
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| Synonyms | discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | conge, congee, deactivation, dishonorable discharge, honorable discharge, inactivation, removal, Section Eight, superannuation |
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